by Chad Jennings, USA TODAY Sports

by Chad Jennings, USA TODAY Sports

CLEVELAND - Masahiro Tanaka is scheduled to see Yankees team physician Chris Ahmad Thursday in Seattle. It's unclear whether the Yankees will have information to announce at the end of their game with the Cleveland Indians - shouldn't be especially late on the West Coast when this game ends - but manager Joe Girardi said there should more details available in the next 24 hours.

"Obviously I've been told what maybe the initial readings were," Girardi said. "But I'm not going to share that now until I have everything because I think you have to see what the doctor says."

This is pretty standard protocol for the Yankees, it's just taking a while because Ahmad is out of town and Tanaka's having to fly cross-country to see him. For whatever it's worth, Tanaka's velocity was good on Monday night, and there has so far been no indicating that he felt the sudden pop that's often associated with a player who needs Tommy John surgery.

That might mean absolutely nothing - an MRI on the elbow of a pitcher like Tanaka is troubling no matter what - but this situation feels and sounds a lot different than Ivan Nova's elbow problem earlier this season. But all that is said while acknowledging that the Yankees haven't provided many details, and sending Tanaka to Seattle would be an easy way to have him visit a noted orthopedist such as James Andrews without making a big deal about it.

"I would have never known after the game that there was an issue because we saw him throw hard, we saw his split was good," Girardi said. "He did spin one slider that didn't do anything and that was the home run to (Nick Swisher), but at no point did he indicate that he was having a hard time."

So, for now we wait for some sort of official diagnosis.

"Obviously you're curious to see what the diagnosis is and what they feel the time is necessary to get him back on a mound," Girardi said. "Until then, we just kind of wait to see what Dr. Ahmad says."